Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces gives an overview of command-line interfaces in vSphere 5.0 and gets you started with ESXi Shell commands and vCLI (VMware® vSphere Command-Line Interface) commands. This book also includes instructions for installing vCLI and a reference to connection parameters.

vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples presents usage examples for many commands, such as setting up software and hardware iSCSI, adding virtual switches, setting up Active Directory authentication, and so on. The document includes the same example with the vicfg- command and the ESXCLI command where supported.

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vSphere Command-Line Interface Reference is a reference to both vicfg- commands and ESXCLI commands. The vicfg- command help is generated from the POD available for each command, run pod2html for any vicfg- command to generate individual HTML files interactively. The ESXCLI reference information is generated from the ESXCLI help.

The vSphere Management Assistant Guide explains how to install and use the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA). vMA is a virtual machine that includes vCLI and other prepackaged software. See Deploying vMA.